Chapter 372 Shipwreck

The publicity strategy of "Iron Man" is also different from that of "Star Wars", which was released simultaneously worldwide, with a first-week opening score of 240 million, the first in film history.

And because "Iron Man" was the first to be released in Beimi, the opening score was less than half of that of Star Wars, and it was time for him to exert his strength on May Day.

At this time, Beimi's excellent performance has also spread all over the world, becoming the best publicity howl, released in more than 70 overseas regions, such a momentum, this year is the first part, even the most beautiful "Ice Age 2" in March does not have such scenery and momentum.

Such a scale has also made it the most watched and hottest blockbuster in the world, and one of the popular fashion cultures around the world.

After the global sales of "The Hangover", "Wedding Guest", "Batman: Time to War" and "Iron Man", Mark has also become a world-renowned business director, and his personal box office has exceeded 2 billion US dollars, and after "Iron Man", it should exceed 2.5 billion and become one of the top directors.

This is not counting Mark's participation in the production, such as "Youth Musical" and "Grey's Anatomy", with this strong appeal, Egger intends to make Mark a sign of MM, so Mark was greased and powdered, so that his fame can be taken to the next level, becoming the kind of famous director with appeal, in Beimi, there are only a few people who have the ability to make the audience enter the cinema with the reputation of the director, and Mark became one of them.

In the second week, on May Day alone, it won 35 million US dollars at the box office, and in the remaining six days, it also won more than 64 million, and in the second week, it still won 99 million strongly, becoming the weekly champion, and the total box office reached an astonishing 200 million US dollars in nine days, but it is still slightly inferior to last year's "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith", "Star Wars" was already 210 million at this time, and exceeded 300 million within 17 days, and finally 380 million in North Rice.

Now after "Iron Man" broke through 200 million in nine days, this speed is slowing down, after all, it has set a box office of 200 million in ten days, and more than 30 million people have watched the movie, such an achievement is enough to be proud of, according to this trend, "Iron Man" North Mi broke 300 million is not a big problem, and the final box office should be between 350 million and 360 million, whether it can surpass his invincible masterpiece "The Hangover" depends on the follow-up performance.

However, analysts pointed out that this possibility is not very likely, the twelfth Warner invested 160 million in the blockbuster "Poseidon" released, the seventeenth is its own blockbuster "Da Vinci Code" released, a blockbuster is released every week, which is extremely powerful for the living space of other films, and the "Iron Man" that has been released for two weeks wants to have this kind of scenery, which is not very likely.

There are six new films released in the week, but all of them have become cannon fodder, the top 12 in the week have a total box office of 150 million, and "Iron Man" occupies 99 million, accounting for 60 percent of the 100 percent, this kind of dominance has made other films unable to raise their heads, and this has also completed MM's expectations, dominating the two-week schedule, and then relying on beer and popularity, it will be released for a long time and pull up the box office, so many people think that "Iron Man" has successfully completed the task, and next week is the world of "Poseidon".

Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" and Peter Jackson's "King Kong" set the prelude to remakes last year, and this year, the prelude to a new remake begins with Warner's $160 million "Poseidon," which hopes to end the slump of Hollywood's once-glorious and now near-end Hollywood disaster films.

The acceleration of the industrial production of Hollywood films is due to the rapid development of computer special effects technology, but the film creativity is far behind the speed of filming.

The 1972 disaster film "The Death of the Poseidon" is the top disaster film in the minds of Hollywood and fans, with an all-star cast, thrilling plot, and advanced visual effects making it easily one of the highest-grossing films of all time, and thus setting off a frenzy of disaster films, turning disaster movies into a box office miracle for all trials.

Since the start of filming of "Poseidon", some people have been constantly comparing it with "Titanic", which was also buried in the North Atlantic, and it is true that the two films do have many similarities: the same boasting of the "unsinkable" luxury ship of Haikou, the same unprecedented natural disaster, the same about the escape of many individuals in danger, and more similarly, in the desperate situation of the abyss, the film has not forgotten to rehearse a romance and eulogize human nature.

Seeing that everyone was putting on a posture of unpredictable prophet, director Wolfgang was very unhappy: when "Poseidon in Distress" won the Oscar, "Titanic" had not yet been filmed, and today's special effects technology is simply not the same as nine years ago. The ambitious Germans vowed to compete with their "juniors" on the vast expanse of the North Atlantic.

Indeed, Hollywood's film special effects technology is changing with each passing day, and it is not difficult to synthesize these disaster scenes with computers, not to mention that director Wolfgang has two successful experiences to help, and I believe that this "North Atlantic sword" will really not be known until after the film is released.

Director Wolfgang Peterson is also a well-known director, "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea", "Air Force One" and "Perfect Storm", "Troy" made him gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, this "Poseidon" he got 160 million production costs, in order to achieve perfect visual effects, Wolfgang not only kept improving in the filming process, but also persuaded Warner to make the film into IMAX format, making it the only live-action IMAX film in this summer's file.

In today's Hollywood remake, it is already a common trick to find gold mines in the pile of old papers, and the calculating Warner Bros. will use two classic films this year to strike hard in the summer file: one is the continuation of the evergreen series "Superman Returns", and the other is the "Poseidon", which reproduces the classic shipwreck. Warner's choice to set sail again in May was a wise choice: superheroes have been wreaking havoc on the silver screen in recent years, while Hollywood's once-best disaster movies are nearing the end of the road.

Fortunately, two years ago, a "The Day After Tomorrow", which almost froze the earth, brought the disaster genre film back into people's eyes. In addition, the extremely generous box office of "The Day After Tomorrow" also fully proves that as long as the concept is new enough and the visual effects are dazzling enough, disaster movies are still happy for the majority of fans.

And Warner has won nearly 8,000 screens in 3,700 theaters, and their own goal is 70 million, pulling "Iron Man" and "Pro Secret Service 3" off the horse, and the media also believe that they can do it.

Wolfgang Peterson's "Poseidon" staged a real-life shipwreck tragedy in North North America's major theaters this weekend, and the opening of "Poseidon" at $23 million has broken the opening record of $21 million ('95) held by the infamous "Waterworld" in a super-production film.

And Liang Tang's "Professional Secret Service 3" shrank 48% this week, barely maintaining in third place, but the overall box office performance was hit hard by the failure of "Poseidon" after seven consecutive weeks of rise, and the total box office in North America this week increased by 28% over the same period last year.

Paramount must be glad that the gutter capsized of "Poseidon", which allowed "Professional Secret Service 3", which fell by 48% at the box office of Tom the next week, to still rank third, and its cumulative box office has reached 86.4 million US dollars in ten days, and the media invariably use the word "disappointment" to describe the box office prospects of "Professional Secret Service 3", you must know that the box office of "Professional Secret Service 1" is 100 million and 7 million in ten days, and "Professional Secret Service 2" is 130 million in ten days.

The difference between "Professional Secret Service Team 3" and its predecessor is the price Tom paid for his own ruined reputation, but in the international market, "Professional Secret Service 3" is in much better condition, earning as much as 160 million US dollars in ten days, and now it has been more than 20 days, 130 million in North Rice, and more than 200 million overseas, it is currently the third best-selling film in 2006, but compared with "Iron Man", his results are so poor, "Iron Man" The total box office has reached 260 million, and the overseas market has also exceeded 240 million, and the global 500 million, the current year's largest blockbuster, the first profitable film, he has only been released for 17 days!

Unfortunately, "Poseidon" has become the number one giant stink bomb at the box office of the year, and I am afraid that only "Future Water World" and "Heaven's Gate" can match it, and the cost of $160 million is exchanged for the first two weeks of revenue of 13 million, and I am sorry to say that "Silent Hill", "Strange Phone", and even "The Diary of a Mad Black Woman" are better than its opening, which is simply a remake of last year's "Heavenly Dynasty", "Top Secret Flight" and "Escape from Clone Island".

Wolfgang Petersen, one of the leading figures of contemporary German cinema and the navigator of Air Force One, completed his marine trilogy: "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea", "The Perfect Storm" and "Poseidon", but there were no more than three. The director, who started out with marine disaster films, finally collapsed in the gutter of ocean films.

"Poseidon" can be used as a typical film with good work, it has a considerable production cost, capable actors and efficient directors, its special effects are first-class, but I didn't expect to spend a little more money on the script. The writers focused on the ship rather than the people. But in disaster films, only the characters are the decisive factor at the box office, and only the characters can make the film come alive. gave up the role, "Poseidon" can only be used with several of its predecessors to become the label of the summer box office stink bomb.